The Benefits Of A Minority Government

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In my opinion a minority government creates a more versatile and diverse government that can represent a larger population of Canada. Currently our Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, who represents the Liberal Party have a minority government. Therefore all their actions and decisions must have the support of another Party in order to be acted on. This means the bills and laws created will be more thoroughly discussed and debated and arising canadian and national issues can be resolved with a more collaborative solution. Therefore, solutions to problems will benefit the majority of Canadians and will represent the different ideas and platforms of the other parties. Additionally with a minority government there is a stronger opposition, creating

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